It’s our annual guide to the top eateries where food is fried, broiled, grilled, or otherwise slapped on butcher paper for your finger-licking, crab-cracking, French fry–munching pleasure. This year, our winners (and finalists) were chosen by our readers!

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It’s a Tie!Snoopy’s Pier, Corpus ChristiReaders crow about this family-friendly restaurant’s fried seafood. Look for a bright blue building under the bridge to Padre Island; 361/949-8815 or snoopyspier.com.

Topwater Grill, San LeonTopwater has been described by one reader as “mystical,” and another says she wants to live here. The atmosphere is friendly, and the menu includes fish taco platters, an oyster bar, and broiled or fried seafoåod; 281/339-1232 or topwatergrill.com.